1. Mohamed Tijani BEN JEMAA
Middle East and Adjoining Countries
School of Internet Governance
MEAC-SIG 2018
Approach in
Internet Governance
Multi-Stakeholder
Mohamed Tijani BEN JEMAA
5 August 2018
Cairo, August 2018

2. Mohamed Tijani BEN JEMAA
Multistakeholder
Presentation Plan
History
World summit on Information Society (WSIS)
Internet Governance Forum (IGF)
Internet Corporation for Assigned Names & Numbers (ICANN)
Conclusion
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3. Mohamed Tijani BEN JEMAA
Multistakeholder
History
Governmental representatives meet in comfortable rooms
Civil Society activists demonstrate outside
Policemen try to prevent them from approaching the building
Confrontations ►
Injuries ►
death
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Millennium Summit
Invite these noisy activists to the meeting room
First experience: WSIS
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4. Mohamed Tijani BEN JEMAA
Multistakeholder
World Summit on Information Society (WSIS)
Summit ► Head of States and Governments ► Governmental by definition
Civil Society: Observer with Private Sector and Int. Organizations
Written contributions
Speak for 5 min at the end
No decision making right
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Not a full Multi-stakeholder model
Permitted to impact the final outputs
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5. Mohamed Tijani BEN JEMAA
Multistakeholder
World Summit on Information Society (WSIS)
Civil Society got organized
Civil Society Bureau
Composed of 22 members representing 22 Families
Academia
Science & Technology
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NGOs
Media
Etc.
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6. Mohamed Tijani BEN JEMAA
Multistakeholder
World Summit on Information Society (WSIS)
Civil Society got organized
Civil Society Bureau
In charge of all organizational aspects
Form of contribution
Lobbying
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Meetings and gatherings
Holds a daily Plenary during the F2F PreComs and Summits
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7. Mohamed Tijani BEN JEMAA
Multistakeholder
World Summit on Information Society (WSIS)
Civil Society got organized
Content & Themes Group
In charge of preparing the substantial contributions
Works through a mailing list
Builds consensus on the Civil Society contributions
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Holds a daily plenary during the F2F gatherings
Permitted to impact the final outputs
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8. Mohamed Tijani BEN JEMAA
Multistakeholder
World Summit on Information Society (WSIS)
Technical Summit
Civil Society ► Social & Human Dimensions
Influenced the official declarations of Summit
Issued its own ones
Civil Society ► Fully participated in the inter-summit work
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Working Group on Internet Governance (WGIG)
Task Force on Financial Mechanisms to reduce the Digital divide
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9. Mohamed Tijani BEN JEMAA
Multistakeholder
World Summit on Information Society (WSIS)
Tunis Agenda:
72. We ask the UN Secretary-General to convene a meeting of the new forum for multi-stakeholder policy dialogue called the Internet Governance Forum (IGF).
five point ten to the power twenty eight
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10. Mohamed Tijani BEN JEMAA
Multistakeholder
Internet Governance Forum (IGF)
Natively Multi-Stakeholder
Full Multi-Stakeholder model
Multi-Stakeholder Advisory Group (MAG)
All official sessions
Evaluation Criterion of proposed workshops
five point ten to the power twenty eight
Not a decision making Forum
No Multi-Stakeholder decision making process
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11. Mohamed Tijani BEN JEMAA
Multistakeholder
Internet Corporation for Assigned Names & Numbers (ICANN)
Composed of:
Board of Directors (Decision)
Staff
Community
Governments
End Users
five point ten to the power twenty eight
Names
Numbers
Protocol Parameters
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12. Mohamed Tijani BEN JEMAA
Multistakeholder
Internet Corporation for Assigned Names & Numbers (ICANN)
Community:
Supporting Organizations (Develop Policies)
Country Code Names Supporting Organization (ccNSO)
Generic Names Supporting Organization (GNSO)
Address Supporting Organization (ASO)
Advisory Committees (Give advices to the ICANN Board)
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Governmental Advisory Committee (GAC)
At-Large Advisory Committee (ALAC)
Security & Stability Advisory Committee (SSAC)
Root Servers System Advisory Committee (RSSAC)
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13. Mohamed Tijani BEN JEMAA
Multistakeholder
Internet Corporation for Assigned Names & Numbers (ICANN)
Policy Development Process
Supporting Organization Develop a Policy
The Policy is put for Public comment
The SO recommends to the Board the updated Policy
The updated Policy is put for Public comment
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Advisory committees give their advices (if any) to the Board
The Board decides
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14. Mohamed Tijani BEN JEMAA
Multistakeholder
Internet Corporation for Assigned Names & Numbers (ICANN)
Unique Identifiers Stewardship transition (Oct. 2016)
Stewardship transition from the NTIA (USG) to Community
New Accountability Mechanisms
New Powers to the Community
Reject the Budget
five point ten to the power twenty eight
Remove an a Board Director
Remove the whole Board directors together
Etc.
Decision making process in ICANN more multi-stakeholder
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15. Mohamed Tijani BEN JEMAA
Multistakeholder
Conclusion
Multi-Stakeholder approach
Applied in different environments
Not a unique Multi-Stakeholder model
Not always the same stakeholders
It’s essentially about
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Active participation and contribution from all
Working together with less hierarchy
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16. Mohamed Tijani BEN JEMAA
MEAC-SIG 2018
Thank You
Mohamed Tijani BEN JEMAA
5 August 2018
Cairo, 5 – 9 August 2018